Kerem_Tunnel

Kerem Tunnel

Kerem Tunnel

Tunnel in southwest Jerusalem, Israel

Kerem Tunnel (Hebrew: מנהרת כרם, Minheret Kerem) is a cycling tunnel in southwest Jerusalem, Israel. It is currently the only one in Israel.[1]

Kerem Tunnel

The tunnel was originally built in the 1990s by Hagihon (Jerusalem's water company) to run a sewage pipe from the city's southwestern neighborhoods to the Sorek stream sewage treatment plant. The tunnel is 2.1 kilometers long and 3 meter wide.

In 2018 the tunnel was officially declared part of the Jerusalem Ring Path, a 42-kilometer cycling route, connecting the path between the valley of Rephaim and the valley of Motza.[2]

The Tunnel's southern entrance is in the Rephaim Park, below Ein Lavan, and its northern entrance is in the valley of Ein Kerem, about half a kilometer from the Kerem junction. The tunnel was opened for cyclists in September 2022.[1] During the 2023 Israel–Hamas war the tunnel was closed between October 7, 2023 until December 5, 2023.

Opening hours

Summer time 7:00 -> 19:00

Winter time 7:00 -> 16:30

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Israel's first cycling tunnel opens in Jerusalem". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  2. [2]
    "Riding Through the Hills, From Refaim to Sorek Streams: The New Bike Tunnel of Jerusalem". Haaretz. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
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